1. There Are at Least 3 Injuries

According to ABC7, the plane was carrying 143 passengers and five crew members. NY1 is reporting that some passengers on board suffered anxiety attacks whereas other had physical injuries. Five passengers and three flight crew are reported to be injured.

Southwest Flight 345 from Nashville nose gear collapsed upon landing at LaGuardia Airport. At least 3 people are hurt pic.twitter.com/4eazwUD8V9

2. The Plane’s Front Landing Gear Malfunctioned

Photo via Twitter.

The plane had no nose gear when it came in for landing. The plane is a Boeing 737. There was no fuel leak detected but firefighters sprayed foam as a precaution. LaGuardia General Manager Thomas Bosco said:

The aircraft veered off and came to rest in a grassy area about halfway down the runway.

Just crash landed in Laguardia airport in NYC!! Thanks be to God that nobody was hurt! Scariest thing… http://t.co/xZ49dZxN0Y

5. This Comes Just Two Weeks After the Asiana Airlines Crash

Two people are dead and scores more injured after an Asiana flight coming in from Seoul, a Boeing 777 carrying 300-plus people, "broke apart" before landing as onlookers watched in horror and captured the chaos on Twitter.